Port Angeles School District

State Testing and Graduation Handouts
Testing Students in Washington State
2015-16 Port Angeles School District Assessment Calendar
Port Angeles School District high school graduation requirement

Family Resources

Ready Washingtonis a coalition of state and local education agencies, associations andadvocacy organizations that support college- and career-ready learningstandards and assessments: Common Core State Standards, NextGeneration Science Standards and Smarter Balanced assessments.

Many of their family resources are downloadable for printing and sharing.

Common Core State Standards

• Hot Topic: Common Core and Smarter Balanced (PDF)
• Your Child’s Progress (interactive digital and PDF, translations available)
• National PTA:
  • Video series
  • Webinar series
  • Parents' Guides to Student Success
• Common Core State Standards: What Parents Should Know
• Council for Great City Schools (available in Spanish)
  • Parent Roadmaps (PDFs)
  • Videos and public service announcements
  • Top 8 Questions Parents Ask Teachers (PDF)
• Common Core State Standards: A New Foundation for Student Success (video)
• 3rd Grade Math Lesson (video)
• What does Common Core look like? (video lessons by grade level, available in Spanish)

Smarter Balanced Assessments

• Hot Topic: Common Core and Smarter Balanced (PDF)
• Your Child’s Progress (interactive digital and PDF, translations available)
• Smarter Balanced Fact Sheet for Parents (PDF)
• Benefits of Smarter Balanced (PDF)
• Achievement-Level Setting (with video)
• National PTA:
  • Assessments in Washington (PDF)
  • Assessment Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Smarter Balanced field test scores (interactive infographic)
• Principal letter templates (PDF)

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction also has several test-related questions and answers on the website. 

For OSPI Assessment Overview, visit http://www.k12.wa.us/assessment/default.aspx.